About us

At Fastway, our approach to courier services is unique. Our Courier Franchisees offer a cost effective, reliable, timetable courier service, backed up by the latest computer technology and online parcel track and trace facilities, making Fastway Couriers the ideal choice for individual consumers, small to medium sized businesses as well as leading international e-tailers.

Established in 1983 in Napier in New Zealand, Fastway Couriers is now a globally franchised courier company with over 30 years’ experience and a presence in five countries, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Northern Ireland and South Africa.

Fastway in Ireland

With more than 250 franchise partners across Ireland, from Cork to Belfast and almost everywhere in between, our commitment to delight our customers at every point in their parcel’s journey is what sets us apart from our competitors.

We believe in making the process of using a courier service easy, comfortable and convenient for our customers – we can deliver on that promise thanks to the dedication of our franchise partners and their ongoing commitment to provide an unrivalled level of customer care.

Our people

Our people and franchise partners are our greatest point of difference; in fact they are the foundation of our business. With more than 250 franchisees and over a hundred support staff across Ireland, we have a talented bunch of people that strive to take our award winning business from strength to strength.

Owner-operators

As owner-operators, our franchise partners are dedicated to providing each and every customer with exceptional service; going the extra mile to ensure that your parcels are delivered on time and with the utmost care.

Thanks to thorough ongoing training and strict company standards, each Fastway Courier Franchisee

is required to:

Be security checked

Wear full corporate uniform

Display security photograph identification

Drive a clean, fully sign written vehicle

Be fully insured

Carry a mobile phone and GPRS hand-held scanner

Be fully trained in parcel handling procedures

Our customers

We’re proud to be the courier service provider of choice to over 95,000 customers; large and small across the globe.

In Ireland, our customers come from a vast range of industries from online retailers and wine merchants to stationery and electrical suppliers, print production, fashion and confectionery wholesalers.

Our Award

At Fastway, we believe the ultimate pat on the back is being recognised by our customers and the industry that we’re so proud to belong to – franchising.

We’re always excited to be nominated for awards that recognise the achievements of our talented Fastway team.

We have won 7 franchise and industry awards, including the highly coveted Irish Franchise Association, Franchise of the Year (Service) Award. This is a testament to our commitment to be the best we can be and represents the cornerstone of our continued success.